Chimney-top.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHIMNEY-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed February 26,1907. Serial No. 359,401.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERRY HENRY BAYLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sidney, in the county of Shelby and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Chimney-Tops, of which thefollow ing is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in chimney-tops, andparticularly to that class of chimney-tops which are adapted to be usedin conjunction With chimneys and cowls of different sizes.

The main object of the invention is the production of a chimney-top ofthe type described which shall possess a wide range of adjustability,comprise but few parts of simple construction, and which can be readilyadjusted to and detached from a chimney. Another object of the inventionis to provide a chimney top which when used in con junction with acowlof ordinary construction shall be rain and snow proof andeffectively protect that portion of a chimney most liable to damage fromexposure to the weather, and which, due to the combination andarrangement of parts, will be subject to but slight liability ofaccidental displacement.

The invention will now be described in the following specification andthen particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective of my im rovedchimney-top in operative position, t e top being illustrated as extendedto its extreme limit. Fig. 2 is a top plan showing the device fullycontracted.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference-numerals refer tolike parts in both views, my improved chimney-top comprises foursections 1 2 3 4 of approximately the same dimensions. and confiuration, and therefore a description of one wi l adequately suffice forthe description of all.

As clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1, the body ortion of each section isformed of a plate 5, liaving two faces 6 and 7, bent at an angle to eachother, of smaller width at the top than at the bottom and inclinedinwardly from their bases upward. At the extreme limit of inwardinclination these faces are projected upwardly'in a vertical plane toform sections 8 and 9, respectively, of a cowl-receiving flange. Attheir lower ed es the faces 6 and 7 are projected outwar ly in ahorizontal plane to form ledges and 11, and then downwardly in avertical plane to form flanges 12 and 13, respectively, thisconstruction forming a shoulder to receive and snugly embrace the upperedge of the chimney when the top is in operative position thereon. I

In each of sections 8 and 9 and flanges 12 and 13 are formedadjusting-slots 14, through the medium of which, in conjunction withbolts and nuts 15, the sections of the top can be held in adjustedposition, as will be obvious, each of the sections being provided withsimilar slots and coacting bolts in the same relative position. Inassembling the chimney-top each section will be so arranged that oneface of a section will overlie and the other underlie portions of thosesections lying immediately adjacent to said faces.

In operation, the nuts of the retaining bolts 15 having been loosened,the top is extended or contracted, according to the size of the chimneyto which it is to be attached, and positioned thereon with the top edgeof the chimney fitting up into the shoulders of the top, when thechimney-top sections are brought together sufiiciently to cause thedepending flanges to tightly grip the top of the chimney. The bolt-nutsare then tightened, securely holding the chimney-top in desiredposition'on the chimney.

It will be evident from the foregoing that I have produced a chimney-topwhich is adapt- -ed to be easily fitted to different-sized chimneys andcowls of ordinary form, the construction being such that thecowl-receiving flange and the chimney-gripping shoulder are capable ofindependent or simultaneous adjustment.

It will also be evident that my improved chimney-top is practicallyweather-proof, due to the construction and arrangement of parts,particularly the inward" inclination of faces 6 and 7, whereby isproduced a joint in which the overlying face will always tightly embracethe underlying face, thus effectively excluding rain, snow, &c., fromthat part of the top of the chimney usually sufiering most .fromexposure to the elements.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1.- A chimney-top formed of a plurality of sections, means foradjustably connecting ends of the sections.

3. A chimney-top comprising a plurality of sections, said sections beingformed at their upper ends to receive a chimney-cowl, and at their lowerends to engage the chimney proper, and means for adjustably connectingthe upper ends of the sections to adapt the same to cowls of varyingsizes.

4. A chimneytop comprising a plurality of sections, each formed at theirupper ends to provide cowl-receiving flanges and formed at their lowerends to provide chimney-engaging flanges, means for adjustablyconnecting the cowl-receiving flanges, and means for adjustablyconnecting the chimney-receiving flanges.

5. A chimney-top comprising a plurality of sections, each sectioncomprising approximately one-quarter the surface of the top and eachformed at its upper end with an u Wardly-extending cowl-receivingflange, t e lower end of each section being bent laterally to provide aledge and downwardly from the edge of the ledge to provide achimneyengaging flange, and means for adjustably uniting the sections.

6. A chimney-top comprising a plurality of sections, each sectionincluding a plate bent to form approximately right-angle faces, andmeans for adjustably connecting the respective sections, the faces ofany one section respectively overlying and underlying the faces of theadjacent sections,

7. A chimney-top comprising a plurality of sections, each sectionincluding a plate bent to form approximately right-angle faces, meansfor adjustably connecting the respective sections, the faces of any onesection respectively overlying and underlying the faces of the adjacentsections, and means for adjustably connecting the sections to permittheir bodily movement relative to each other.

' In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

A PERRY HENRY BAYLEY.

Witnesses:

O. E. LIPPINGOTT, W. S. FURMAN.

